Product Owner, Digital Transformation (IR)

About the role

As a Product Owner you will report to the Senior Product Owner and be responsible for leading assigned initiatives focused on our life insurance and annuity sales, new business and servicing processes. This role requires exceptional leadership, communication, and organizational skills to manage projects, engage with diverse stakeholders, and ensure seamless project execution within tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Execution of Projects within an Enterprise-Level Digital Program
• Work with a Senior Product Owner to lead the delivery of Life or IR evergreen initiatives within the Life/IR Digital Program.
• Ensure alignment of evergreen initiatives against Life/IR transformation initiatives in partnership with the Senior Product Owner and against the Accenture portfolio in partnership with our Accenture partners.
• Customer Experience Design
• Collaborate with user-experience designers, and IT and business partners to identify functionality that will differentiate us and make it easier for agents to do business with us and our clients to act in their financial lives.
• Planning & Product Road Mapping
• Build product roadmaps with our business and IT partners that will deliver value to our clients through integrated and scalable solutions.
• Bridge the gap between business outcomes and technical delivery by having good business sense and willingness to learn about the areas supported.
• Adoption & Value Realization
• Responsible for the end-to-end rollout of your projects to realize full value of the solutions, including coordinating rollout, marketing, communication, training, and adoption plans, and following change management best practices.
• Define, measure, and track benefits identified through the lifecycle of the initiatives (KPIs) with business partners.
• Actively manage rollout metrics against defined KPIs to address issues during rollout and ensure value delivery.
• Reporting & Risk Management
• Responsible for managing and reporting full project costs and value realization in collaboration with business and IT teams.
• Responsible for working with the Transformation Management Office (TMO) to respond to project-related requests.
• Identify potential risks and implement proactive measures to mitigate challenges, ensuring Program success under tight timelines.
• Leadership
• Indirectly manage the project team assigned to your projects, ensuring alignment and timely delivery of project objectives.
• Ensure effective communication flow across and within teams.

Skills And Qualifications

• Worked in a product owner, project or program management capacity in the past.
• Hands-on experience with executing assigned projects within identified timelines.
• Ownership mindset and demonstrated ability to drive results.
• Clear understanding of digital technology and consumer trends.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills that can explain technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree (Technology or Business).
• Experience with change management and adoption frameworks.
• Working Knowledge of: Product Management disciplines, including backlog management and business prioritization.
• Root cause problem solving experience.

Why Corebridge?

At Corebridge Financial, we prioritize the health, well-being, and work-life balance of our employees. Our comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to support employees both personally and professionally, ensuring that they have the resources and flexibility needed to thrive.